Here it comes, I thought. His chance to call out his teammate, bury Michael Strahan for not being here, rip the greediness of a veteran player who just won't go away. Heck, at the very least, he'd blast Tom Coughlin and call him an "ass" again or something.

I mean, this is Jeremy Shockey we're talking about here. And despite Coughlin's pleas for his team to shut up this year, the drama and the trash talking has continued nonetheless. Surely Shockey would participate.

And then it happened: The most boring interview Shockey has ever given -- one in which he refused to address the Strahan issue and even swatted away repeat questions about his weight.

Saed Hindash/The Star-LedgerNobody wanted to sit next to him?

"I don't want to talk about that," Shockey said when asked about Strahan. "That's Mike's business. I respect him, he's a Hall of Fame player. And what he's doing, that's none of my business."

The next question -- also about Strahan -- was cut short.

"Again, I don't want to talk about it," Shockey said.

All right, we didn't want to have to go this route but here comes a Coughlin question: Have you seen a different side of him?

"Tom has been the same Tom," Shockey said. "I haven't heard he's trying to be different or anything like that. He's definitely the same coach who wants the best for the team. I haven't really seen a different side of him."

And that was pretty much it. Absolutely no bombshells in four minutes, 34 seconds of Shockey.

Ladies and gentlemen of Giants nation, I have some good news for you: Tom Coughlin, the lame-duck coach who has no control over his locker room (or so we hear) accomplished the impossible. He has turned one of the biggest mouths on the team into a little church mouse.

Time to start engraving the Coach of the Year trophy.

Seriously, this is excellent news for you fans. Shockey, who said today he fashions himself a leader, might finally be acting like one. Yes, he sounds like he has realized "Talk is Cheap, Play the Game" like those blue T-shirts around here read.

But it's still early. And Shockey will have plenty of chances to pop off. We'll see.

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That's pretty much all for right now. I'm told DE Simeon Rice saw a few doctors last night and is visiting more today but we already knew that. Apparently, he's on his way up here now. So nothing huge to report there yet. And no word yet on LS Ryan Kuehl who was to undergo an MRI on his lower leg today.